Andersen Aluminum Ultimate Hitch Redesigned
I follow Andersen hitches on Facebook and they have announced a redesign of their Aluminum Ultimate Fifth Wheel Hitch...here are some screen shots of the Facebook post. Thanks! Jere...
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LOL Over the years all of those companies have indeed had upgrades. they do that to have a better product. I don't think Andersen is upgrading their product as they know the NTHSA is going to take those deadly Ultimate hitches off the road. Google Andersen hitch failures. Not much there other than forums with this sort of stuff. Try to fine unsatisfied users of the hitch, not many there. Customers are the best advertisers.
Now look up Reese problems/failures.
Here is one. http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27647785.cfm
Pullrite: http://tinyurl.com/hdk8h2x
I think seeing one small issues with the Andersen bending slightly under a panic brake situation does not tell me the company has a failed product. I'd be suspect the person did not have the brake controller set properly or had bad brakes on the rig. The trailer had to be putting a heck of a lot of forward weight pressure on that hitch to do that which would indicate something was wrong with his trailer brake system. My trailer doesn't push me through an intersection when I brake hard. In a perfect world the braking should be fairly neutral with the TV stopping itself and the trailer stopping itself. Now in a front end collision I can understand hitch failure. And if he did indeed have a partial or total brake failure of the trailer I'd say the hitch held up fine.
Now look up Reese problems/failures.
Here is one. http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27647785.cfm
Pullrite: http://tinyurl.com/hdk8h2x
I think seeing one small issues with the Andersen bending slightly under a panic brake situation does not tell me the company has a failed product. I'd be suspect the person did not have the brake controller set properly or had bad brakes on the rig. The trailer had to be putting a heck of a lot of forward weight pressure on that hitch to do that which would indicate something was wrong with his trailer brake system. My trailer doesn't push me through an intersection when I brake hard. In a perfect world the braking should be fairly neutral with the TV stopping itself and the trailer stopping itself. Now in a front end collision I can understand hitch failure. And if he did indeed have a partial or total brake failure of the trailer I'd say the hitch held up fine.
